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Friday, March 23, 2012

We LOVE Carrot Cake in this house, especially this Carrot Cake recipe.

My mom actually made this for my husband's birthday several years ago, drove 4 hours to deliver it and drove the 4 hours back home!!! (Note, she never did that for me!)

I took her recipe and used it for these cupcakes. The filling is the key...WOW!

Hope you enjoy it!

Over the Top Carrot Cake Cupcakes

makes about 30 cupcakes

2 cups sugar

1 1/3 cup canola oil

4 eggs, beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons﻿ baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1 cup chopped pecans

3 cups grated carrots

Grease and flour muffin pans or line with cupcake liners. Beat together sugar and canola oil. Add beaten eggs and vanilla paste; beat well. Sift together all dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients mixing just until well blended. Carefully fold in the pecans and carrots. Fill cupcakes liners 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes or until done. Cool and refrigerate for several hours.

Filling:

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup unsalted butter

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup chopped pecans

2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste

Combine sugar and flour in small saucepan. Add cream, butter and salt. Cook on low heat, stirring frequently, until it simmers (this may take up to 30 minutes.) Remove and cool. Add nuts and vanilla. Can refrigerate until ready to use.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

There are two places that I love to get guacamole...Boudro's in San Antonio and Tracy's house. Tracy is one of my friends that has a recipe box full of yummy appetizers. Seriously, we can make meals out of appetizers!

She was kind enough to share her recipe with me and now I'm going to share it with you. If you're not a cilantro fan, just leave it out.

To keep leftovers fresh for the next day, I top it with more lemon juice and press a sheet of plastic wrap directly to the top of the dip, leaving no spaces for air to touch it. This works really well. Also, you can coat a ziploc baggy with lemon juice, add the guacamole, again being sure there are not gaps for air to touch the dip. You'll still have fresh guacamole for the next day!

Smiles!

May share this yummy guacamole recipe with some of the fun parties in the sidebar=>

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